| Henuttawy | |
|---|---|
| Princess of Egypt | |
 Relief depicting princess Henuttawy, from Abu Simbel | |
| Died | Thebes? |
| Burial | QV73, Valley of the Queens, Thebes |
| Dynasty | 19th of Egypt |
| Father | Ramesses II |
| Mother | Nefertari |
Henuttawy ("Mistress of the Two Lands") was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 19th Dynasty.
Henuttawy was a daughter of Pharaoh Ramesses II and the Great Royal Wife Nefertari and half-sister of Merneptah. [1] She is seventh on the lists of Ramesses's daughters and the second of two daughters whose mother is certain to have been Nefertari.
Her statue stands in the small Abu Simbel temple, built for Nefertari. The children of Nefertari are usually identified on the basis of this temple: the princes Amunherkhepeshef, Pareherwenemef, Meryre and Meryatum and the princesses Meritamen and Henuttawy. Henuttawy is not depicted on the facade of the large Abu Simbel temple, where the first two sons and the six eldest daughters of Ramesses are shown, along with Nefertari and Queen Mother Tuya.
Her tomb in the Valley of the Queens, QV73 is not far from those of other members of Ramesses's family (QV68 – Meritamen, QV71 – Bintanath, QV75 – Henutmire); it is between the tombs of her elder half-sister Bintanath and the 20th dynasty queen Duatentopet (QV74). QV73 remains closed to visitors due to numerous faults and structural concerns related to open joints, and bedding plane tilting.
The tomb may have been carved for a generic princess and after Henuttawy's death was adapted for her. In some areas of the tomb the cartouches are blank, but in the main burial chamber faint traces of her name have been recorded. [2] The tomb consists of a burial chamber with two pillars and two side rooms. The decorations resemble those in the tomb of Nefertari.
Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives of Ramesses the Great. She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, among such women as Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut, and one of the most prominent not known or thought to have reigned in her own right. She was highly educated and able to both read and write hieroglyphs, a very rare skill at the time. She used these skills in her diplomatic work, corresponding with other prominent royals of the time. Her lavishly decorated tomb, QV66, is one of the largest and most spectacular in the Valley of the Queens. Ramesses also constructed a temple for her at Abu Simbel next to his colossal monument there.
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